Energy and Environment

A construction worker walks past signs about gas, food prices, and voting in Dallas.

GOP loss culprit? Trump dismal approval ratings track gas prices almost 1-for-1

Callie Patteson · November 4, 2026 12:20 pm

A man holds a "no data center" sign.

Data centers on track to go 1-40 on ballot measures in sign of backlash

Energy and environment graphic.

Incoming Democratic majorities will try to swing pendulum back on clean energy

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, on Oct. 12, 2021.

Anti-Islam, anti-DEI Republican loses bid for Texas oil agency seat to Democrat

President Donald Trump stands on a stage wearing a white "USA" hat.

Gas prices in Trump’s second term hit record high for any presidency

FILE - In a June 3, 2014, photo, the Paradise Fossil Plant stands in Drakesboro Ky. A group of landowners and a Kentucky coal industry group are asking a federal judge to halt plans to shut down two coal-fired units at the Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in western Kentucky. The Kentucky Coal Association argues in the suit filed Thursday, July 10, 2014, that the TVA did not follow proper federal procedure and its own rules in deciding to close the units at the Paradise Fossil Plant. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

Trump fires Tennessee Valley Authority board members over outsourcing controversy

Abby Smith August 3, 2020 6:17 pm

Daily on Energy: Global coal fleet shrinks for the first time ever

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith August 3, 2020 4:04 pm

In this undated photograph released by the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency, the under-construction Barakah nuclear power plant is seen in Abu Dhabi's Western desert.

United Arab Emirates starts up ‘first peaceful nuclear energy reactor in the Arab world’

Zach Halaschak August 1, 2020 3:23 pm

Daily on Energy, presented by API: New heavyweight support for ending the filibuster

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith July 31, 2020 4:04 pm

Businesses and economists contend a carbon tax is the simplest and most efficient way to address greenhouse gas emissions by applying a per-ton fee for large emitters like power plants and refineries.

Seeking to shore up support, GOP carbon tax group claims $1 trillion in economic benefits

Josh Siegel July 31, 2020 9:45 am

Daily on Energy, presented by API: No easy fix for upgrading power lines to deliver wind and solar power, energy regulator says

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith July 30, 2020 3:58 pm

Transmission towers near the Dominion Power Substation in Loudoun County, Virginia

Maine’s most expensive ballot fight ever unites natural gas companies and environmentalists

Abby Smith July 30, 2020 10:30 am

President Trump claims his actions have helped "save" the oil industry from a historic price crash driven by the coronavirus pandemic.

Texas oil industry not ‘out of the woods’ despite Trump boasts

Josh Siegel July 29, 2020 9:13 pm

Daily on Energy, presented by API: Political stakes for Trump’s visit to Texas oil country

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith July 29, 2020 4:12 pm

The Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia is the only large nuclear power plant under construction in the U.S., after years of cost overruns and project delays.

GOP embraces liberal environmentalism skeptic with radical plan for nuclear energy

Josh Siegel July 28, 2020 7:24 pm

A gas station pump with various grades of fuel, including E15, which contains 5 percent more ethanol than the current 10 percent norm sold at most U.S. gas stations. (AP/Renewable Fuels Association)

Iowa’s Joni Ernst slams EPA for failing to remove warning labels for higher-blend ethanol sales

Abby Smith July 28, 2020 5:46 pm

Daily on Energy, presented by API: Top Energy official calls on Congress to extend carbon capture credits

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith July 28, 2020 4:35 pm